Participants of Sharjah Tatweer Forums Sharjah Leadership Program Explores Leadership in Sustainability and Brain-based Leadership During Visit to University of Cambridge, UK.

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Participants of Sharjah Tatweer Forums Sharjah Leadership Program Explores Leadership in Sustainability and Brain-based Leadership During Visit to University of Cambridge, UK.

A select group of participants of Sharjah Tatweer Forum's (STF) front runner Sharjah Management Program (SLP) got insights on the 'brain-based leadership' idea gone over on the very first day of their 10-day instructional see to the UK. The SLP individuals remain in Europe to participate in the international leadership forum organized by STF in control with the University of Cambridge and Leapership Professionals. Ready to end on April 19, 2017, the UK forum remains in line with the UAE's tactical technique to adopt a sustainable, innovation- and knowledge-driven economic climate and complements STF's, which is an entity under the 'Quarter of a Century Structure for Creating Future Leaders and Innovators, commitment to establish and educate the future generation of knowledge-equipped citizens.

The SLP individuals learnt more about the science behind leadership on the first day of the forum. The interactive session concentrated on the 'brain-based' concept that discovers the brain, its performances, and interior inspirations. The concept checks out the genetic tendency of leaders and their ability to establish their own abilities. The session was led and helped with by professionals that consisted of Dr. Antoine Eid, Chief Executive Officer of Leapership Professionals; David Sales, Managing Director of First Climb; Steve Bentley, Former Director of Coca Cola Europe; Russell Cobb, Former HR Director, Coca Soda pop Europe.

Meanwhile, the session on 'Leadership in Sustainability' highlighted the urgency to establish a sustainable economic climate in the next 10 to 15 years. It began with an introduction regarding the UN Sustainable Development Goals and just how the UAE aims to attain it according to its UAE Vision 2021. It successfully brought the spotlight on key global concerns and their induction to the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Growth while concentrating on the instant obstacles and the need for brand-new business designs for growth. It brainstormed from the business, engineering, academic and economist perspectives on sustainability and management in addition to exactly how its implementation will certainly influence Sharjah and the rest of the UAE.

Leading the discussion were agents from the University of Cambridge's Institute for Sustainability Management, which was chaired by Aris Vrettos, Programme Director, CISL and was joined by Tony Juniper, Other, CISL; Professor Pete Guthrie OBE, Professor of Engineering for Sustainable Development and Head of Center for Sustainable Development; Philippe Joubert, Executive Chair of Global Power Campaign and Senior Consultant and MD-- Power and Climate, WBSCD; Dimitri Zenghelis, Joint Head Policy, Grantham Research Institute, LSE; Dame Polly Courtice DBE LVO, Director of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Management; Teacher Shahzad Ansari and Dr. Khalid Soufani, Faculty of Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

"This 10-day forum in the UK is being held to help train and improve the leadership of the current batch of the Sharjah Leadership Program. Our main purpose below is to enable the participants to experience the current technologies in leadership and sustainability, along with understand the key global obstacles, which will certainly drive and equip them to bring knowing and action back to advertise sustainable advancement in Sharjah," concluded Reem Bin Karam, Member of Board of Trustees (ROBOT), Quarter of a Century Foundation for Creating Future Leaders and Innovators.